Bridle-bit



J.. G. WRIGHT BRIDLE BIT.

7 APPLICATION FILED MAY 3|, I919.

1,375,197, Patented Apr. 19. 1921.

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WRIGHT, 0F CORNELL, \VASI-IING-TON, ASSIGFTOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM F. STEINMEYER, OF ELTOPIA, WASHINGTON.

BBIDLE-BIT.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JEFFERSON G. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connell, in the county of Franklin and State of \Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle- Bits, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bridle bits and has relation more particularly to a device of this general charactor of a snafile type, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved bit of this kind which may be employed to advantage in connection with an animal having a tender mouth and which can also be employed to advantage in connection with cross checks when animals are arranged abreast.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general character wherein the outer extremities of the bar are provided with angularly related rings, certain of said rings being materially large nd substantially vertically disposed when the bit is in applied position, said rings being adapted to have secured thereto the head-stall of a bridle, while the remaining rings are adapted to have secured thereto the reins or halter chains.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved bridle bit whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of'my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order thatmy invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom panying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in top plan of a bridle bit constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a view, partly in end elevation and partly in section, of the bit as illustrated in Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, B denotes the bar of my improved bridle bit and which bar is of a snafiie type Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 19, 1921, Application filed. May 31, 1919. Serial no. 300,849.

and the inner end portions of the sections 1 of the bar B are loosely connected by the interlocking eyes 2, said eyes being substantially perpendicularly related.

The outer extremity of each of the sections 1 of the bar B is provided with a pair of longitudinally spaced openings 3 and 4 arranged in" close proximity one to, the other. The openings 3 and 4 are also substantially perpendicularly related with the inner openings 3 substantially vertically disposed when the bit is in applied position.

Loosely directed through the outer and substantially horizontally disposed openings 4: are the rings 5 with which are adapted to be coupled the reins or halter chains. Disposed through the inner openings 3 are the rings 6. Each of the rings 6 is of a diameter materially in excess of the diameter of the adjacent ring 5' and is positioned in close proximity to the cheek of the animal when the bit is in use.

The head-stall of a bridle is adapted to be secured to the rings 6. The rings 6 also prevent the bit with a ring 5 to pull into the mouth of the animal in the event a sudden pull is imposed upon the bit. This is due to the fact that the large rings 6, when pulled or jerked with excessive force, will transmit such pull to the head of the animal without the bar B and a portion of the coacting bridle being drawn into the mouth of the animal. In view of this fact, my improved bridle is particularly adapted for use in connection with an animal having a tender mouth.

With the use of the rings 6, the rings 5 may be employed with facility in connection with cross checks employed in coupling horses together and particularly when arranged abreast. By having the cross checks engaged with the rings 5, no interference is offered to the rings 6 and the bar B will hang substantially straight and limber at all times, so that the bar B is always pliable for a pull on either side with the bar breaking in the central portion of the month. In view of this, the bar B will not cut the mouth when one horse goes ahead or pulls back.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a bridle bit constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practiceexcept as here inafter claimed.

I vclaim H v A bridle bit for connecting horses abreast comprising a snaffle bar composed of a pair of sections having their-inner ends pivotally connected, each of said sections being provided in the free end thereof with a pair ofperpendicularly related and spaced openings, oneopening of each of said pairs being disposed at the end of its respective section, rings pivotally mounted within said openings and shiftable circumferentially therein, the innermost ring of each section being of a diameter materially in excess of that of the outer ring and being adapted for the reception of the cheek strap of a bridle, the rings mounted in the openings at the ends of said sections being adapted for the reception of reins for connecting the heads of the horses together. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto ,afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEFF WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

H. S. KLINGER, S. T. BAILIE. 

